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The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. “What’s happened to me?” he thought. It wasn’t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls.

When is a building just a building and when is it art? This accessible guide cuts through the jargon and clearly explains the essentials of architecture, demystifying the incredible ways in which structures and spaces come alive. You’ll gain a real appreciation for architecture and the confidence to talk about it—even to an architect.

Just the essential information for readers on the go who want to understand architecture.

Covers the highlights of architectural history, from the Great Pyramids to Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.

Explains how to look at a building and appreciate it. Explains when a building’s a building and when it’s art.

Part of Tens includes Ten Great Architectural Masterpieces, Ten Biggest Architectural and Engineering Failures, Ten of the Most Interesting Architects Working Today, and more.